''The Leak'' is the first

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(EP) by American rapper

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. It was released on December 25, 2007, under

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and

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. The five songs on the EP were recorded by Lil Wayne during ''

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'' sessions. The songs were ultimately leaked online by an unknown source, Wayne later compiled the songs and called the project ''The Leak''. Lil Wayne decided to put out ''The Leak'' for his fans, so that they could have CD-quality versions of the songs. The EP was later used as a

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for the deluxe edition of ''Tha Carter III'' (2008).

Track listing

References

2007 debut EPs Cash Money Records EPs Lil Wayne albums {{EP-stub